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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

Texas rates for HCPCS 99478

A newborn who is not critically ill but still needs a high level of monitoring, most often because of a very low birth weight, receives ongoing daily medical management in the hospital. This covers each additional day of this intensive newborn care for the smallest, lowest-weight babies, rather than the initial day of care or care for a critically ill infant.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $112 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$107 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$110 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $110 to $170Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $23 to $219
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $112professional $120

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GQ · Store-and-forward telehealth
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska than in New York. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Texas· 48th of 51

$120

AK $324NY $112

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.